Ecuador Names New Defense Minister

Ecuador has named retired general Marcelo Delgado to head up the defense ministry following the surprise resignation on Monday of defense minister Oswaldo Jarrín who had been in the post for only a year. The former minister gave little explanation as to why he was resigning but repeated his demand for an explanation from Colombia following a border incident which injured three people in Ecuadorian territory. Delgado, 67, also served between 1984 and 1988 under former president León Febres Cordero.